Thirteen-year-old cancer survivor DJ Daniel, who gained notoriety during President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress, has officially started working at the U.S. Secret Service Training Center.
Daniel was present at the James J. Rowley Training Center in Beltsville, Maryland, on March 19, accompanied by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem, as reported in a post on X.
“Today, we are attending the special agent graduating ceremony for the class of 445 with DJ, our Secret Service agent,” Noem mentioned in a social media video. “Director Curran is also here.”
“That’s right, and our newest agent,” Curran chimed in.
DJ Daniel poses with Secret Service agents following a K-9 demonstration. (U.S. Secret Service)
On March 4, Daniel received a standing ovation from a majority of the crowd, although some Democrats were seen on camera sitting at various times while Trump was speaking about the 13-year-old.
“Tonight, DJ, we’re going to do you the biggest honor of them all,” Trump said. “I am asking our new Secret Service Director, Sean Curran, to officially make you an agent of the United States.”
The following day, Daniel visited Trump in the Oval Office at the White House.
DJ Daniel, 13, got to check out the presidential limousine known as the Beast. (U.S. Secret Service)
“When I went into the office, he (President Trump) was surprised to see me. I brought him a cowboy hat,” Daniel, who lives outside Houston, said in a statement.
The Texas teen, who defied the odds after doctors gave him five months at most to live when he received a brain cancer diagnosis in 2018, has undergone “more than 13 brain surgeries and is part of a research study that has given his family hope,” the Secret Service said in a media release.
FOX News Digital’s Andrew Mark Miller and Taylor Penley contributed to this report.
